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Archive for October, 2008

Yeah, I know I don’t fit the standard profile of a “South Park” viewer:  I’m not 15-25, or male.  But I do love to watch South Park, as does T.A. , although I think Mr. Hankie as a concept was really funny, and T. A. was completely grossed out by it, the wuss.  (But then, [...]

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It was an absolutely awful, miserable day today weatherwise.  Cold, wind-blown rain, driving at times, and a solid lid of clouds over the Valley.  There was SNOW in the upper elevations of the Catskills north of here, and allegedly a foot of snow in lovely Port Jervis to the west.   So of course, I went [...]

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It’s been a week since Knitbud Anne and I braved the swarms/mobs/teeming mass of humanity that the NYS Sheep & Wool festival has become in the last few years.  All I can say is CHRIST ON A RAFT IN ROLLERSKATES.  Man, it was cold that morning — I had on 2 teeshirts, a very heavy [...]

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Bacon Gone. Me Sad.

One of the many many reasons that I LOATHE getting a physical every year is the bloodwork.  (yes, yes, getting my tit in a wringer the mammogram is numero uno, duh)  Inevitably, my (young) doctor looks at the horrifying results, tsks tsks, and tells me to lay off ever eating anything tasty again, AND to [...]

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T.A . and I noted our 13th wedding anniversary yesterday.  Both of us are amazed and bemused at how The Time Has Flown, as we have staggered from crisis to crisis in this life of ours together.  He did get me a nice card, and I have gotten my Craig’sList credenza professionally refinished as a [...]

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What with everything that’s gone on in the last 3 weeks, one finds oneself reeling with shock, dismay, disgust, loathing, hatred, and sheer unbridled rage at the way the economy has gone, helped along by the gutless wonders that we have “running” this country.   I have lain down several times, and used controlled breathing to [...]

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